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Greetings From Our Yacht

Life Aboard A Luxury Liner

Hey Guys! Ever since we got rich and famous we've pretty much just been hanging out on our yacht listening to Steely Dan and high-fiving a lot.

Just kidding!

We don't actually high-five that much.

We just strike this pose.

In the more widely accepted version of our recent past we zipped up and down the East Coast, played a blazing run of packed shows in Michigan's upper hand (the UP) (and LP) and opened the Bell's Beer Garden to a sold out house with Greensky Bluegrass.

Speaking of yachts, a woman in Naples FL at the Seventh Ave Social Club told us she wanted to hire us for a yacht party. If you are that woman, or you know that woman, or you want to be that woman, or you are a a man with a yacht, please contact us!

Us on a sweet yacht that we were totally on.

That's all for now.As always, check out the Tour page to find out when we'll be near by!

We are back in the saddle for a full spring and summer, flying from Florida up the East Coast, up to the northern reaches of Michigan, shuffling out sideways to Colorado, here there and everywhere in between! Check out the tour page above for more specific dates!

We recently have gone through a creative renaissance as a band. We used what little time we had off in November and December to turn a lot of half written songs into shiny show tunes. Here is a little nugget that we worked up and tried out for a spin at our most recent show at The Ark.

Our New Album drops soon!

This month brings some big changes to the band.

We're all pregnant. Oh wait, no, that's soap operas...

In real life, we'll be playing The Ark December 4 (got your tickets yet?) and releasing our new album, Live At The Ark, which you can pick up at the show or preorder right now to be shipped December 8th. (just in time for Christmas, eh? eh eh? eh?wink wink)

Secondly, as you might have heard from our recent facebook posts, Katie Lee will be leaving the band as of December. She's off to pursue her own musical journey in New York. That's right, our little Appleseed is goin on to the Big Apple! You can follow her exploits here.

Let's all wish her the best of luck!

Here's where you can catch us for the rest of December + a few, with tons of brand new material in tow!

We are home.

Like really home.

Big news below. But first-

The last 3 months have been a continual whirlwind of a few days home and then a few weeks out. It has been inspiring, tiring, amazing, and a little insane. We've put well over 10,000 miles behind us. We're endlessly grateful to all the folks who came out to see us, let us sleep on their floors and couches, bought an album or a t-shirt, and basically made our lives and music possible. THANK YOU! (Tis the season, after all)

Also a big thank you to the Saint Frances of Rome, the patron saint of safe driving (really!) for a relatively easy couple hundred hours in the van.

Brandon and Andrew receive goodies from Davey of the Brinery before Oct. Tour #backinbed

The boys cook a mean breakfast

And Now For A Big Exciting Announcement!

We'll be playing our favorite venue in the whole world, The Ark in Ann Arbor MI on December 4th, 2014. Wahoo! Go get your tickets right here right now! If all goes according to plan, that night we'll be releasing a live album recorded at The Ark last April. Like I said, you can grab your tickets right here!

Here's the last track off the impending live album- a little Sweet Georgia Brown for ya!

On With November!

Here we go. So here we go. Here's where we're going. Here's where you can catch us in November:

We arrived back home from tour yesterday around 7 AM! It was an easy trip back from Cincinnati, our last stop on the road. We had a wonderful time and are eager for our next adventure. Thank you so much to everyone who came to join us at a show! We'll be out west again this summer, and we can't wait.

Before we leave again, though, we are ecstatic to be returning to one of our favorite places in the country: The Ark. We'll be performing on SATURDAY APRIL 19 and sharing the stage with our handsome and talented friends Bennett (Grand Rapids, MI).

We'll also be recording a live album and capturing video footage! So this is your chance to be part of the magic--you, too, can be immortalized on tape with us. It's going to be an incredible night and we can't wait to share new music and stories with you.

We are proud to announce that we are now officially part of the Prater Day roster! We are so excited to work with Virginia and her team. Their passion is inspiring and immediately drew us in. You'll be sure to see some changes in our tour schedule with Virginia at the wheel, and we'll be bringing even more new music to the table. This is just the first of many exciting happenings for The Appleseed Collective this year. Stay tuned!

What an incredible weekend. We spent Friday night opening The 37th Ann Arbor Folk Festival, alongside Iron & Wine, Pearl & The Beard, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and more. The sound of 3500 people clapping is something we could certainly get used to. It was amazing to share a stage with all of those talented and kind folks. We're looking forward to seeing Seth Walker when we get to New Orleans on our upcoming tour, and hope to visit Pigpen Theatre Co. in New York some day.

We made so many new friends, with whom we shared laughs and tender moments as we all reveled in the glory of music. We watched our friends The Crane Wives let loose their folky power and joined Patty Griffin on Saturday night with the rest of the evening's artists for a singalong version of "On Top of Old Smokey." All in all, it was a fairly life-changing experience..one we'll certainly cherish for years to come. So here's to friends, music, and more shows like that! Thank you so much, Ann Arbor. We love you.

We're proud to announce the release of our new album "Young Love" today! It's available on our website in both CD and vinyl format (the vinyls are all randomly mixed colors, so each is unique) as well as on Bandcamp, iTunes, and more.

Have the overproduced pop-christmas anthems at the mall gotten you down? Are you sick of child choir after child choir chirping the same holly jolly repeats? Well we've got just the thing to brighten your holiday spirits! Katie and Brandon will both be performing as part of the Ebird & Friends Holiday Show this year, at the Ark on December 13th and with two special performances at the Hartland Music Hall on December 15th. Members of the Ragbirds and Macpodz will also be on hand, and tons of your favorite Ann Arbor musicians will be padding the roster. Tickets are going fast, so be sure to click the links if you haven't already! Happy Holidays!

We are proud to announce that our new album Young Love will be nationally released on January 21, 2014! We are even more excited and honored to announce that we will be releasing this new album as an official artist of Earthwork Music!

We have looked up to Earthwork musicians like Seth & May, Joshua Davis, Breathe Owl Breathe, and more for years now. We are so excited to officially join hands to perpetuate the goals of love and community that Earthwork so wonderfully develops all over the great state of Michigan.

Check out the Beats Per Minute review of the first single from our new album Young Love (January 21, 2014).

"For our first glimpse of Young Love, the band has chosen to lead with “The Inability To Feel,” which carefully unspools threads of banjo and acoustic guitar to create beautifully skeletal melodies that wind themselves around singer Andrew Brown’s whiskey-soaked vocals. The song feels drenched in the lore of dark southern nights and desperate ends."

The lineup for the 37th annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival has just been announced! We're honored and excited to share with you that we'll be performing on Friday, January 31, 2014 alongside the likes of Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Pearl & The Beard, and more!

Our fellow Michigan band The Crane Wives will be playing on Saturday, with folks like Jeff Daniels and Ingrid Michaelson.

You can read more about the announcement here. Tickets are on sale to the public on December 2nd, here.